I started as an exile, and I relied on space to support my family of loyal heroes.

God helps those who work hard, Lin Yiran discovered a hole in the ground as big as a bowl.

She lay down at the entrance of the cave and looked down. The cave seemed very deep and there seemed to be a lot of space at the bottom.

It didn't matter that the hole was small, she just enlarged it with her bare hands.

By the time the Xiao family heard Lin Yiran's shouting and ran over, the bowl-sized hole had been dug by Lin Yiran until it was big enough for a person to pass through.

"I'll go down and take a look first."

Xiao Yunzhan frowned, looked at it, threw down a word, and jumped directly from the cave.

A few seconds later, Xiao Yunzhan's voice came from below, "Jump down one by one, I'll catch you from below."

Lin Yiran immediately asked her sisters-in-law to throw the things down, and sent people down one by one.

Finally, there were two large pottery jars left. Lin Yiran shouted to the people below,

"Xiao Yunzhan, take the two pots. Don't come up. I will just move a big rock to block the entrance of the cave."

After saying this, without waiting for Xiao Yunzhan to object, Lin Yiran threw the two pottery jars down one by one.

Xiao Yunzhan had just rushed over to support Lin Yiran when he was nearly killed by a pottery jar that fell on his head.

This tiger woman is testing his reaction ability.

Two clay pots were thrown down one after the other. If he hadn't reacted quickly, today would have been the anniversary of his death.

Hearing the footsteps getting closer, Lin Yiran hurriedly moved a stone slab more than one meter long and covered with moss and weeds from not far away.

This stone slab covers the entrance of the cave, and the weeds on the stone slab just overlap with the grass next to it. If you don't look carefully, you won't notice there is a hole underneath.

Lin Yiran spread her legs, pressed her feet against the sides of the cave wall, and moved down little by little.

After she lowered her head to the bottom of the cave entrance, she reached out and pulled over a small portion of the bluestone slab that covered the top, covering the entrance tightly.

Xiao Yunzhan noticed that the entrance to the cave suddenly became dark, so he immediately walked over and reached out to pick up Lin Yiran.

He stretched his head out for a long time but didn't see anyone falling down. He only heard the sound of friction against the cave wall. Confusedly, he walked to the bottom of the cave entrance and looked up.

Lin Yiran moved down little by little. Just at this moment, she felt that she had reached the right height. She pushed the wall with her legs and jumped directly down from the middle of the hole.

"what!"

Lin Yiran sat down on top of Xiao Yunzhan's head. Her body swayed and she reflexively grabbed Xiao Yunzhan's hair under her butt to prevent herself from falling down.

Ouch, this hit her tailbone and it hurt.

What a sin! How could this person suddenly appear?

Fortunately, she jumped down halfway. If she had jumped from the top, the acceleration of gravity would have knocked her directly to the ground.

"Well!"

Xiao Yunzhan groaned as Lin Yiran hit him on the head, pulling the hair on the back of his head so hard it hurt.

He shook his body twice, and with a confused look on his face, he raised his hands to grab Lin Yiran who was sitting on top of him.

Before he could reach out his hand, Lin Yiran pushed her butt down hard and jumped down by herself.

"Thanks."

Lin Yiran was so embarrassed that she thanked him and quickly turned around and moved to the side.

It was the first time that Xiao Yunzhan was kicked on the butt, and his face turned red and his neck became thick.

Fortunately, it was dark enough in the cave, and no one except him and Lin Yiran knew that he had just been kicked.

When Old Madam Xiao heard Lin Yiran's cry, she asked worriedly, "What happened? Did you fall somewhere?"

There was still some light when they jumped down. When Lin jumped down, the entrance to the cave was covered, and it was pitch black, so she might have hit something.

Lin Yiran rubbed her buttocks, followed the sound to Old Madam Xiao, and laughed dryly,

"Mom, I'm fine. Let's go. The pursuers are coming soon. Everyone, please keep quiet."

What could be wrong with her? Just a little pain in her tailbone.

I don’t know what happened to the person who was hit by her. He didn’t say a word for a long time.

Just when Lin Yiran suspected that Xiao Yunzhan was hit dumb.

Xiao Yunzhan took a deep breath, walked past her calmly, and greeted everyone softly,

"Follow one by one, be careful."

Xiao Yunzhan picked up a ceramic jar on the ground, holding a sword in his hand, and carefully led the way.

Everyone took their things and followed closely behind.

Lin Yiran followed Madam Xiao, holding a large clay pot.

The underground tunnel did not look like it was formed naturally. Lin Yiran walked and looked at the various traces of man-made impacts on both sides of the tunnel.

Who would build such a secret passage in this deep mountain? Could it be that they hid some treasure?

But the hole is so small, it is definitely not the exit.

Xiao Yunzhan's eyesight is not much worse than Lin Yiran's.

He also discovered what Lin Yiran discovered.

The cave goes down further and further, and it's always a slope.

The further Xiao Yunzhan walked, the more he frowned. If he remembered correctly, the royal cemetery was near these two mountains.

There are seven mountains beyond the east gate of the city, and the royal cemetery is between the second and third mountains.

They just climbed to the bottom of the second mountain, and here...

Thinking of this, Xiao Yunzhan gripped the sword tighter and walked more cautiously.

I hope this passage doesn’t lead to the royal cemetery, otherwise they will be doomed if they encounter the royal gravekeepers.

At this moment, Xiao Yunzhan suddenly heard footsteps coming from above.

Everyone could hear the heavy footsteps clearly. They paused, holding their breath and standing still.

Soon, the footsteps faded away and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

After hearing the footsteps fade away, Xiao Yunzhan squatted down, took out two pieces of wood hidden in his arms, and rubbed them a few times.

The flame on the wooden stick flickered a few times and soon went out.

Xiao Yunzhan frowned tightly and continued to rub the wooden stick. He had to light a fire before he could continue moving forward.

"Why are there two candles in this corner?"

Lin Yiran looked at Xiao Yunzhan's worried expression, and quietly moved out two big red candles as thick as baby arms from the space, pretending to have discovered them from the corner.

If you walk in a cave without lighting a fire, you might not know if there is no air and it is easy to die from lack of oxygen.

The candles were too small and she was afraid they would run out before she could walk far, so she simply took out the big red candles used for weddings from the national treasury.

This thing is really thick, it should be no problem to burn it for a day and a night.

She had already taken off the golden tray under the dragon and phoenix candle and thrown it into the space.

The Xiao family members all turned to look at Lin Yiran. With the faint light from Xiao Yunzhan's hand, everyone could clearly see the two candles in Lin Yiran's hand.

"Why is there such a candle here? If I'm not mistaken, this should be the dragon and phoenix candle used by the royal family, right?"

The sister-in-law looked at the candle in Lin Yiran's hand in shock.

When the emperor and empress got married, she had the honor of following Old Madam Xiao into the palace and saw that these candles were placed in the emperor and empress's bedrooms.

The dragon and the phoenix are symbols of the royal family. Privately using the dragon and the phoenix by civilians is a crime of great disrespect, and the person may be confiscated and the entire family may be exterminated.

When everyone looked carefully, they found that what Lin Yiran was holding was indeed a dragon and phoenix candle. They all widened their eyes in shock.

Lin Yiran was also dumbfounded. Couldn’t these dragon and phoenix candles be used by everyone getting married in ancient times?

She just thought that this pair was bigger and could last longer, so she took them out.

What should I do now? Is it okay to find this thing in a cave?

The sister-in-law's words immediately silenced everyone.

The silence was deafening.